Mother Lode Lake Tulloch Area Real Estate Blog

In the following video Vicki Cox Colder (2009 NAR President-Elect) offers the following five tips on short sales: (1) Reach out to homeowners and be their advocate; (2) Find a HUD-approved credit counseling agency; (3) Read the listing carefully; (4) Educate consumers on length of time required ...

I don't want to say too much being that this is supposed to be a picture post. These are just a few quick shots from around my neighborhood in Sonora (Mono Vista area near Soulsbyville). Fall is in the air and the trees are showing it. It truly is God's country up here. Enjoy! (Click on each pic...

(Disclaimer: I have no understanding as regards the topic I'm writing about?) Oh sure, I'm in charge of a real estate blog, a couple of Twitter sites (@blogboy2 and @sugarpinerealty) and a Facebook page (HERE) (not counting my personal life). And, of course, I don't have to hardly do anything an...

"One man's junk is another man's treasure," the saying goes. And I guess it's the perfect way of summing up why garage sales are so popular. And it's important to remember when you're having a garage sale, it's the little things that can make a big difference. Consider the following simple tips ...

You've got a Facebook page (or maybe you're thinking about getting one). The bottom line is Mari Smith knows it all. No wonder she's dubbed the "Pied Piper of the Online World." All you need to know about how Mari runs her Facebook page in the following video. Worth it! (Follow Mari on twitter h...

Have you ever lost your job? I'm not talking about that you quit. I'm not talking about that you were laid off (as so many are suffering today and we all hurt with you over it that are). What I am talking about is that you were (spell it) ~ f-i-r-e-d ~ fired. (In the interest of full disclosure:...

This blog post is the next in a continuing monthly series where I'll pass on some information of interest that you may not get the opportunity to see otherwise. (There are links to the other eleven posts in this series at the end of this one.) It won't take you long to check out the three articl...

Did the title catch your attention? I thought it might. And it's not so much a Halloween or vampire theme I'm wanting to write about as it is a certain personality bent (or maybe it is a Halloween/vampire theme?). And isn't it true? There are people out there that we come across in the day-to-da...

I've got a couple of quick videos for you today from the Forbes Video Network. The first one has Johan Norberg suggesting an obsession with home ownership as a contributing factor to the current housing crisis in America. Many were deceived into believing they had the ability to sustain a mortga...